• Discussions concerning the report required by Section 1260J of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub L. 116-92) and brief officials on ZTE compliance with applicable U.S. law.

Duration: November 28, 2019 to present

General Issues: Telecommunications, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Defense

Spending: about $4,590,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2019: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, White House Office, State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, Natl Security Council (NSC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)